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The Purists review " a neighbourly chat about race, sexuality and the politics of hip-hop by Arifa Akbar

Kiln theatre, LondonIt's the actors who carry Dan McCabe's play about New Yorkers in the music business, which combines gentle comedy and social satire with a rap battle Two Black men are shooting the breeze on the steps of an apartment block when a crotchety white neighbour joins them for a smoke. Aimless chatter tumbles into argument, and there are charges of racist bigotry angled at the white man, Gerry (Jasper B…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM on November 24, 2024

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